7.31.12

Our dinnertime talk turned to Kindergarten and Elliott was all smiles!

7.30.12

Jumping through the big dogs today.

7.29.12

Long story short...

Lost the keys at church,

could not find them,

hitched a ride home with the Terpstras,

rode back to church,

still could not find them,

waited for the 11 o'clock to end,

found them,

and ended up being the last ones in the parking lot.

7.28.12

Thanks Bumpa & Yia Yia for a special cousins

weekend at the cottage!

7.27.12

The Summer Olympics only comes around every 

four years, so we had to celebrate in style.

7.26.12

In my routine check on the boys out the slider, I yelled,

Boys what ya doing?

This time their response called for a camera and a hike into the woods

as they replied,

We're looking for pig noses.

7.25.12

I'm pretty sure I bought broccoli, but it seems to be sprouting

more like a broccoflower. 

7.24.12

Three cheers for a day at the swimming park.

7.23.12

The boy's tepee...still standing.

7.22.12

Take II and Grandpa Dale still couldn't peel his eyes away from the Tigers.

7.21.12

It's Heet"house" day and,

we're checking things off the list.

7.20.12

Looks like Elliott got a hold of the camera.

7.19.12

Michigan's summer drought has us dancing in a brief summer rain.

7.18.12

The thrill of victory.

The agony of defeat.

7.17.12

I've said it once and I'll say it again. I LOVE new socks!

7.16.12

Gibson in his glory.

7.15.12

Just a little trail blazing in our suits. 

7.14.12

Putting the hot in the house.

7.13.12

As in the tale of the Treasure Tree, tonight I witnessed community

using their gifts to solve a problem first hand.

And because I am not a lion or a beaver or an otter,

I just picked up a book and started reading.

7.12.12

pupil, big numbers, little numbers, Christmas trees,

narrow, wide, blinking.....

all in a camera class, who knew?

7.11.12

It's GIVEAWAY day!

7.10.12

Looks like I need to get rockin' on this list!

7.9.12

And, less that 12 hours later, I found myself in an open water swim.

Now, this is living!

7.8.12

Yes, that would be me, 

in my husbands biker shorts,

 with a snazzy bike helmet,

a new bike {craig's list new}, 

and ready roll with two of my favorite ladies.

7.7.12

Gibson scored  the biggest catch of the night.

7.6.12

Diving into the sunset.

7.5.12

It's not vacation until you play a hand or two of skip-bo!

7.4.12

....a sign of some tired out swimmers.

7.3.12

"Ooo, Ahhhh"

7.2.12

Back in my teaching days, I used to give students a bag with 

random items inside.  From this bag they had to determine 

the owner of the bag's personality.

Today, I noticed the random assortment of items in our bowl

and wondered what it said about us.

7.1.12

The days of these moments seem to be nearing a close.